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! `~ J erect 111 right elf . to the ilirivy Council ; they in so ~,,r'vo_uld effet .say that the Privy Council P ro e ."rnr i etent • irk the hr itiSeeS to decide `on the e ex i . :i i , ? l, Y, of - stipplyi n g such deficiency. . It , and, ' e making the Ps ivy Council, their deputy, kne„e'eeogni.siteein,it a power, though hitherto un leeefell,49-. the Constitution e ee Such most assuredly. C est s' u t the etfeet of theiredelegating their power. they Hoilse,do this and think it right ? Could do this from motiv,.rn of delicacy, and under the d ia _Pfession th at their purstiing - adifferent line pf-con re:t Weuld liave.theeffeaert-eetarding his Majesty's ea.:e ve rY - ?_. -Was it possible that such could:be the of their • opPosing -th e - unconst it ut i ona l pro 'll before them ? Was et'. rossible th at his a lilirrsql's recoVery- could be so retarded? Did the an g know Of their proceedi ngs ? Did he know. .th)ai more of what had passed -in the Privy. Council, n the • nearest 'residen tint he Nort h Pole? Would e' ', titYtint Phis Maj esty ' s Ministers say the proceedings l(tife_''Y--CLined had been communicated to the k ilnw l Would t h e y say that - he, had ate slightest notledge of any thing that had passed ? They could make any such - statement. His Majesty was Un (a)._ S C ous of i t a ll . How hen could his recovery be re liarded by thei r vote? Haw then could his health been= e Lengered bythat which was not communicated to him? .1 could his recovery be thus prevented ? But the of e, g 1! Hon. Gentl eman had said there .was a choice eti so th e r e unquestionably was ; but - e here was unfortunately the case, the greater was / Ys to be avuieed, the latter constantly pre- Jrr e e Did the Right Hon.: Gentleman .think it::Y would take the lesser of the two, by 'adjourn a• was prbposed, when, at - the expiration of 1 . 1 " thrtnight, the state of his Majesty's health e h t- be sudi as to cause them 'to be under necessity of immediately taking some active. measures, which,-in that case, being , hastily adopt ed, c . ;ee it em their nut having time to give the sub- Jilt feat ure deliberati on , t h e i r consequent effects t Ogill' lead them to repentance. The Right Ho °ltrable Gentleman h'ad anticipated the evils which pltgltt result froth the appointment of a Regency.— PE ad said a R egent might possible overturn the s e e r nt sYstem of f ore ig n an d - d omest i c pol i cy : With not possibilities possibilities he had nothing to de. He could his "urile that the Regent would do wrotee that 74'nisters would give him bad ad, i ce , or t h at his atilliatnent ould countenance is and &main-iiai . h a d measures. ..The Right Hun, Gentleman 2 howev er thought proper to, assume that the Re 'enti his Mntsters, and ti.e Par i liamens,would all do el the la s t spea k er h ad spoken of the very unt `tja.sant s ituation - in which Ministers stood. If ()f eu' siteatioe were an unpleasant one, it was one lb the°. oWn choosing. It was a situation which Ili ey had anxiously sought, ,and feelingly as the HOO.. Gentletuan bad ipoter. Of it, he be 4ed.that it was one from which the Right Hon. thlemanefor his own-part, wpuld ne content. net Iliabe r e li eved from severe duties for years to e• It was reallselire , last thing in Ins thought's ali the Righ t H on. G entleman (Mr. Yor k e) was' al at isious. toe eo be so reheve.d, however, he ditj for such relief, he (Mr P.) hoped the re- Pr;i Majesty - would shortly air •ritillit2 a n o 4- 07. (4 his tordt h yolso relieving Himself. But the House ought tl et : i i ,n his opinion, to, be oceopied with suet, consi tee et s a T he e oeelit to.be-occu dttc juncture. • , of "I Providing ler the deficiency in the tined Dranct told Exe cutiveGovernment; but theyhad been told hi ' Majesty was lik-ly to iecover, and not only tu that there was a strong probability-of his recovery / le ! the Y .werteal so encourage d to hope thes his ill ee-s wo uld net be o f l ong dural ion. sincerely. t i t P e d that suc h might be the result, but at the same vel ne he co u ld not lielp - obs, l ving, th;it teess most n il e "e de nt 01 l e is M a j esty ' s rec -Vsii)r, had stated that al l — ttainty to be attached so it: which must attend rl ept ille die. , l pr e di ct i ons. One of the Physicians had eoe7aNered himself un a bi e to f orm a sa ti s f ac t o ry. "itire plat.lat recovery might take r r el „ e ' With all that uncerta i nty , co uld t h e H ouse s.'se to tak e t h cee step i w hi c h , must necessa oet fo r l) prelimi nary to the appo i ntment o f any.- proms exercise of the Royal Authority. The t . he c eeain e to er to•beins•ituted we re toreign‘ to pv tae aPpoilitinent of a- Regent, :but necessary to be a b le before such an appointment became unavoid tt:,. The Right Hun. Gentleman had told them, je st ' i f; at the expiration of *a fortnight, his Ma n a "uld not continue iti a state of recovery, an ,foquiry may be proper, After an inqpiry,, it Was at r d t heM to adoet or not to adopt other measures. I) a mi ts ae ttion. The course proper to be followed tie d e spOken of 'as. one tending, to,4ethrone '4x-roharch. He should think it dethroning him bv tpaeed if his power were suffered-to be exercised . be e ny other person without seclean inquiry having' 4 Previosl y instituted. If on due inquiry the muchepoin tro en . of a Regency being foundetecessary, tb re stetYwere to be .reerehated•as tending to de l/le-7,4,e the, King, why then all instances ,ot ei ee - . : S supplying such a deficiency might be so dc '-ated.- But how would reasoning hold good e he • Was th e appeintment of a Regency during tit reh -t c hancy of the King a dethrptiewent of the Mo ' d a man everheard of a_King being said to be tethroned when the other two branches of thelegisia-, l'lhre• proceed io supply the deficiency . on the part of Th e c b own. during- the. minority of .the 'Sovereign. • ect.,e Bight Hon. Gentleman now said, that if at the T.ii a llon of another lot tnight his MajeSey should - 11(13 Galion to be in a. state of recovery, it would (4 e 1 . 4 ~be necessary to hate the inquiry for. whiCh he 1-14"1-q•now contended. Would not , that Bight vino. Gentlernati Alien wish that „things might pre reY be so arrenged, that mehat case .the be th en met as soon as possible ? \Vould he not admit the . f •diately taking the pr e i i . propriety o c titulary steps necessary to avoid precipitation and ° ll llf usion at that perid ? The Constitution imposed ti T t e he two Hou ses t h e d uty of supplying.a deficiency rile "third branch of the Legislature; and that House , th ° e Llic l be giallty of a detect of. duty, if feeling that, y did not take the preliminary steps, necessary t° Su I the Boyd: autho z i t Pp y some one to exercise ya. th at 'l')icould this' and this they ought to do, t :neY . might Idve tithe' well to deliberate on ese e ei sij uieals duly weigh all the cireumstances. eiC'e Was surprised -that the Chancellor of the Ex 7 equir should propose an adjournment for .a. fen t• He had thought a week the longest period s uch circumstances could be propo s ed, , and C thi . wi 4111 that W ee k heeshould have expetted a orn , i ll `tee to s it to consider the situation of things, and quire joto the state of his Majesty's 'health. He Would oppcise the Motion, and not only would he oppose the metion, but if the House should so far detierethe principles of theConstllution i 4 to accede to It he.should, e still think it necessary to propose that :a C.ornmittee sheuld heappointed'toinqu're in to the malady with whiCh` his 'Majesty is afffiete,i, and to report thereon trethe House on both ,t hese questions he was deierrnined,, and determined by . a sense of duty, oely, to take - the sense,of the FlOuse. Sir FaaNcts BURDETT agreed in many points with the last speaker. Feeling, as he did, all the deli cacy of the subje& he should speak on it With - all that impartiality which became him as . a Member -of that House. Whaever he might (eel for the sofferings of the King, ,he could not give up the interests Of the country to d&icacy, dud suffer what . ought never to have been left undecided at all,, but which had been left so for a month, to be left for a still longer period in a state of uncertainty, with out oppesition. A King they must have—but how to make a King he did not know. He knew of no precedent that came at all in point, except the great precedent 'of 1688, when, in consequence of" the violation of the Constitution, the. great contraEt'be tween 'the King and the People by James IL the Patliament took upoe themselves to supply the de ficiency; It had then been decided, that. the tw'o Hotises had a right to appyint a person to exercise the fun aions of Royalty. He thought the Right •Hon. Gentleinan had clearly shewn - that the Privy Council had assumed powers which did not belong to them, and powers which, it was not, perhaps, expedient-for them to exercise. What had occurred was not sufficient to form the ground of a Parlia mentary" proceeding, as the evidence was of such a description that it would not'be received in a com mon Court of Justice. Every are' kneW that such questions might be put, by ,interested perss, as wbuld be almost certain of produ6,ng the answers desired by the party. His Majesty's Ministers (with out impeaching, their personal veracity) were . the last persons whO ought to have examined the Phy sicians. If they adjourned as proposed, and he should be asked why they so adjeurned, ,he should be at a loss what answer to make. He knew nor why the H public should again he' left without that provision which ought to havebeen made in the first instance. ' Independent of the affliction which now unfortu nately presses heavy on the King, the, people had long been deprived of the benefit of execotive Mki• jesty. Cut off from his subjedts by Ministers, he was no longer to be seen. .His infirmities were Made a.barrier between him and his people, and petition ing: the King had become a , mere farce. The use Which had. been. made of the word " delicacy,"' he ,contended, was. in the highest degree absurd. De licacy on most occasions was certainly very desirable; bet in the concerns of a great nation there were ob jets of more importance to attend to. • Delicacy was very well at tea-table, but he had often ob 'served in private life that delicacy," was but ano ther name for " roguery." The, law of the land'got over delicacy in some,instances. At the accouche ment of ,a..Q.eeen,. for instance; persons were em ployed to atend..the birth of the Royal infant, in a mariner which, in benirnorelife, would be thought indelicate. The Constitution knew nothing of the Monarch's infirmity. .The precedent of 1788 lie did not approve of, as be thought it had analogy without reason. But when Ministers, taking the pioCeedings of 1788 as a precedent., only took Atch parts. of them as they could'square to their own vieeet, be could perceive in their conduct that pure. disinterested anxiety for the public good to which they 'laid claim. He then proceededio contrast the , state of things at that period with the present situ 7, ation of the country. The cle , nge he, spoke of as most unfortunate. He concluded, asking the House if it would he well for them' to .separate, atter month of 'anarchy, and tell the Public that, out of delicacy, - they had eat performed their duty cGeneral MATHEilkopposed the 'adjournment. Lord MILTON thought, as the country might be said :it present to be inea state of republicanism, it could not be too soon restored to that form of Go- Yernment which he so much prized,' a monarchy. He should•therefore oppose the motion for a further adjournment fora fortnight. Sir T. TuirroN 'also opposed, the adjournment for so long a period. . ,Mr. C. 'W. WYNNE had objeEted, on their for . - der meeting, to an adjournment, without first. as scertaining the nature of his Majesty's malady by a Committee. No other information could be so sa tisfaaory. He then took a view of the roceedings in 1788,, 180 J, and 1804, on. the occasion of his Maiesty's indisposition. The .situation of things was now very. slifferent. The incapacity of his Majesty was recorded on their Journals, and no authority exited to send- a single regiment to reinforce our army in Portugal if necessary. He did not say Gentlemen would not take upon themselves that responsibility; but he believed they had no eat hority so to do without the King's Com mandi , The Physicians ought to, be examined by them. All they asked was to be put in a situation to take styli measures as might-hereafter appear nee cessary. Their proceedings 'could not retard the King's recovery, as they. could not possibly reach his ear. No answers had been given to the questions put to Ministers on this subject. No.satisiaetory ground had been assigned for the mot . His duty to his Country. and to his King. imperiously called him, to seek the best meansof ascertaining the nature of his Majesty's malady as early as possible. • Mr. B. BirrnultiT said,. he rose in consequence of *hat had fallen froM the Hon. Gentleman" who had . inst sat_dovv.n. When, in the case to which that Hon. Gentletrlanalluded, the Members upon. the Opposition benehes moved for a Committee, they were immediately stopped by the voice of the House,, ueon , no other ground 'that he' could con ceive than the notoriety that. his Majesty was in such a state of convalescence as rendered any pro-. ceedings unnecessary. Whatever other Obje6tion might tie made, thiS circumstance was -surely . ;an ans : Ner.,,to the observation, that the House should insmediately take some proceedings. ou the incapki . ty of ,his Majesty being declared. It was'also to be remembered, that the PhysicianS did 'not, upon the fortner occasion, as they did upon the present,' sig nify that his Majesty was , in a state of, progressive. 'amendment. It was then acase new so tt e cbirn try, new to. the Royal obpet of it, not fortified by the same grounds of hope or the same advantageS of experience. The Physicians could now calculate upon the chances of amendment with 'greater pro : bability than before, and under such 'superior ad:. • • vantages bad happily pronounced a faveuribie'opi riion. He (Mr.. B.) for one, was willing to give credit to his Majesty's Ministers for 'What they had stated, and i6acquiesce in the further ~fjournrilent whin!) they had proposed. But it had been said, that nothing short of Parliamentary Inquiry should satisfy the House. • He did 'not see why. so; nor . Could he Gen tleman.colfeCi from the' rea , pning ,of the who preceded lifor, upon what ground they. Should be deterred froM the liberty .e4.4odgittg upon . that; as' well as upon every other sulzject; and of consideting whether - it would be more conducive to, the public convenience to adopt Parliamentary In, -quiry'or to . be satisfied with scitne other course. He thought it' was perfeatly . competent to them to de cide'%v hat step they should take, or whether they sh'onld take any. But the examination of the Phy sicians was taken froM the evidence of the Privy Council ; still that was no objection ; for why might he not'now look to•the opinion of the Physicians, delivered . uPon oath before the Privy Council, when he i''as - permitted to look to the opinion of the Chancellor of .the Exchequer the . other day ? In the case alluded to by the Hon. gentleman, the adjournment tdok'place upon the apse dixit of the Minister, upon; the assertions and allegations of a Noble 14rd in one House, and a Right Hon. Gen- tlenian in another, and there was this remarkable circumstance to beobserVed, that at that tithe al Bill was in its progress through the House of Lords to supply the deficiency in the Executive, notwith standing which, the adjournment Was carried upon the statement of Ministers ; ,but now there, was 'no Bill to be interrupted, there was no proceeding to be checked, and it was not barely upon the as- Sere.ons of Ministers they were called upon to agree 'to the present motion. • It had been doubted who- . diet the Privy Conned could, under the peseta cir cumstances, be recegnised'as suob, considering that 'here' was no executive, ,at 'least none:exercising' its :functions at thepresent moment ; but, were there not Courts oijustice sit ting, and would, their autho rity be doubted'? Wi th respect to the Privy Coun cil, he would just allow-them. as much weight as, they were entitled to from their own reasonable.' ness, and nothing farther; Undoubtedly the House Could not be suppoSed to he bound by n r hem. ;' but" when they were assembled' to concert measures . for the public good, he'Could not disapprove in any way: of their 'meeting, however he might :lament the circumstances:that rendered• it exp}dient. BUt the Hon. Gentleman had asked what differende there was in point of convenience, between an examina tion of tf4e PhySioiankby the' Privy Council, and an examination by a'Comnlittee•of the House . of Com mono. The difference was obvious; . Might not a Committee think proper to go into• inquiries not iminediately'neceSsarya might i't not embrace topics. not altogether delicate; and go into such minutia of investigatiorr and cross questioning, as had been much better avoided; in snort, might. it not have been made a very different proceeding from that , which had taken place ? The dehcady to which .he added, was not of that kind which had been cen sured by an Hon: Baronet-; it had nothing in it which an independent 'mind need be ashamed to avow.. .The Pnysiciabs had given theM every rea son to hope, that, notwith-tanding • the advanced age of his Maje4ty,va complete recovery would take place, at no distant period; and it "was no fanciful delicacy' to recommend to the House, that, with such 'a prospect before them, they wouldforhear from adopting any measure 'which would appear to ' carry on air of watching and stispicion. - They were certainly. in a Situation of great difficulty, but were not driven to the 'necessity of manifesting such • a spirit. 'Upon all these grounds, the same that had induced him to vote' with the majority upon the for titer night, he should vote upon that night also,' for an adjournment to. that day fortnight. . Mr. ADAM said, that as . he thought he might, with periect consistency, haveevoted for an adjourn ment upon that day fortnight, and yet me against an adjournment 'at the present moment, he wished to say a leW words. He was anxious, in common with the House, that that course should be taken :which 'wit's best calculated to conduce to the public advantage, at_ the same time that it was least likely to interfere with his Majesty's feelings. , As to: the subject alluded to by the Hon. Baronet behind him, he would say - that delicacy should operate:to a cer-. • taro extent ; but when the necessity 'was too strong, it should be obeyed: For his , part, he saw a very great d flerence between the present case and that on which they had 'decided but a fortnight before.— When the Right Hon. ,Gentleman .(the Chancellor of the EAhequet) stated to the House the result of his interview with- the .Physkians, , the House had then an evidence before them ; it had such evidence as had satistiedParliainent, when Lord Thurlow'and. Mr. Pitt made the Communications, it was . evidence and by precedent, 'and enforced by th e . graV es t awful responsibility; .: But upon, the present oc casion- the Right Honourable Gentleman—did not ' collie forward as he had upon the former ; heilad had recourse to the expedient of Mr. Pitt, in 1788, having called a Privy Council universally, without any view to party' or connection. .The evidence taken' before such a Council was evidence taken alicurde, not before themselves, not in the presence of the House, nor . of any . one ,delegated by the n House; .it was not 'such as they could found any proceeding upon. 'He "allowed that the Privy Colin- .cil • was a body of 'great resp(xlability; he :did,' not ineanto discuss whether they were rightly convened or nee, biit'he would say that the Privy Connell was not the House of CoMmons, and therefore that the Hotr;e of • Com Mons would not be justified in pro-' teeding upon evidence taken before it, unless indeed. they were lo - 'resolve upon ' a motion ogled/1 , 4 to adopt 'and appropriate such evidence. Mr. Pitt, had moved for a Committee to do what—to examine into the state Of his Majesty's health, and this was the ground upon which he. did it, that be .Might give to the HoUse evidence belonging to the lionse, and not • taken from a. body over whom it had no contioul, and with 'whom. it had no connection. It the Right Honourable Gent kitten (the Chancellor of the* Exchequer) had'moVed tor an adjournment to Mondayupon an enderstandingthat a Cointnit ice should thenbe - appoirifeu to inquire info the state of his Majesty's', health, he would so far have Conform. : 'ed to ttre preeedent'of t08$;. the business of such a. Committee would not be- to consider what step should be taken, but merely in what state the health of his Majesty continued, and. perhaps the result of their inquiry would be such as to induce him to agree to an adjournment `or a more distant period. Then they vitould 'be able'to judge of the evidenCe which. now they could not, for ,there was no.evi:. derice,properly,before them. it had been said that Many questions might be'put in a Committee of qie HouSe of, copmona ',which it wiluld-be better to avoid but so long as, it was ,true that Parliam e nt should see with its own eyes, and hear with its own ears. so- long would: it be_ necessary to have recourse to its own evidence; and be decided by it alone.— Besides, such an objedion Would make against all investigations by the lioue of Cotitotons. Where. Members permitted.themselVes to be diverted from their duty by any feelings whatsoever, their delicacy might be branded 'by any name or nickname whiCh any one might,chuse to call it. He was aware that objethans had been urged against investigation by that House, but although there were disatliantages attending it, the _right way tp pr nounce upon it was, to look at its advantages too, arid decide by a •proper estimate of .both. No person could be more . sorry than he Wonld 'to hear any question asked . which might be hiwtul to the Royal feelings, yet . he never would be petSuadc...d to.admit that tlw PUS:. sibility of -such a question being put ~ h ould be cod: sidered as an argument against tie efficacy of Pat• liamentary Inquiry. The true course of the Corn.i• mittee would be, to say nothing as to what .shotild• be done, but to examine into facts alone. They. were acting under the pressure of, 'a dire necessity iii consequence of` the visitation which it had pleased Providence to tofl;Ct Upon an- old, an amiable, and beloved Monarch, and they ,should be careful. to pr, , - ceed according to reason and Parliamentary prece dent. If ever there was a precedent itnperative.iti its nature, and binding from every circumstance by which it was atieuded, it; was that ; of 178?,• which was agreed .to by all parties, and recommended by the concurrent approbation of those who 111(1 .. heert in the habit of differing upon other Imq:stares. He* had purposely- avoided, in the course of what he -offered to. the HOuse, :anylreference to.4tinestions of an ulterior .tit tire; " 4fficient.for the-cla : y.was. the evil thereof;" but he Celt that 'with thpkroost ,per fed consistency; as he was certain .vith the greotest sincerity, he sitouid vote now: against- the a tjourn- Anent, though for reasons already Stated', he bad supported it Mr. WILBERFORCE said, that upon % • the whole viei.vaof the case; its'i all its bearings and cireurn.6 stances, the .balance, in his mind, was in. favour. of the adjournment. He could not but think that the legal habits• of his Hon. Friend bad led him to consit der -the,. question in -too .technical, a sense. They were, iti the habit, every_day of acting upon similar grounds, nor, had he.beard, in all that. had been said upon the subjecl, any positive s,uh.statiiial specific . injury stated, as likely to'result froth an adjobrn ment for. a fortnight. • He thought war ranted, upon the whole, in voting for it. was 'impossible to separate as.kespeCt tor the person of the Sovereign from that abstract resp,:a.for tbeCrown itself Ahich every- one was.eager to profess., The -people of ibis country -lo'ved• tbei r,,MiOnarch-, - .because 'they knew that , he loved them, and because .they et perienced.under his reign - those benefits from which the' AvorlCl at large was excluded* Such•considera- , tins must 'create an attachment and a delicacy to ,, Wards him, andiong might such aitachmetii and de;.. lie-icv exist. All the danger to be apprehendei was ,lest delicacy should go too far, and - thereforehe was of opinion that his Hon. Friend was' right in taking a - precaution against his own -!..xcess of feeling. The entire of the objej ions against the adjournment con sisted in pushing principles too far. But it, had beets said, that the word or his Majesty's Ministers shOtild not be taken. - There certainly vi 'as. one: sense in which their .word was of more. value,. in su.h - a cases than that of other people ; they must necessarily be presumed to be better acquainted.witn the situation of affairs ; and when they undertook to state upon their •reponsibility that no' injury .could arise from the adjournment,. he was willing to believe them, and gratify those feelings of delicacy which he wa§ not 'ashamed to confess he entertained.- • No reason appeared to him to be made out against theprinci • ple of adjourning ;' for whatever constitutional ob.- jediOn could be used now was equally applicable to the first adjournment; and as. no solid specific in jury had been statecrby any of the opponents of the motion, he should feel himself justified in support ing it by his vote. • Mr. FULLER said, that he would go upon the nions of the physicians ; they. would not say what was wrong. ,They were' placecrin a worse situation sincett hey became physicians to the King than while they were physicians to the Public. They had de clared that the King would be. restored to sanity of mind and body. What had-the House to reason on' but simple facts,' and those facts troughl forward and stated by- the ablest' men. in.the.coantry Un. , der such. circumstances it would . not. be right to abandon an old man suffering under the most i:oig nant afflict ion, to %Ilia his son was exposed as well as - himself, -to which all the world was exposed.- - -- From the' first' moment that he (Mr. Fuller) had set his foot in that House, he had acted conscientious ly ; 'he could swear to it, arid now he 'would give art honest vote. Whoever ratted now, whoever ran over to any body else, was wrong; any one Who Would de.; sert,now -was the basest of human belitgs ; any man; whether Prince or Peasant, who would dote, or en couragethe doing of it, why, blow him off. the earth? Under these circumstances he would vote for a Stir thtr adjournment ; but if his 'Majesty was. not bet ter then, why, other measures should be taken td do as the country wished ; but now, would they be mean enough to desert their Monarch ? He ed around the House; and was confidant that he read in Their countenances they' would not. • The Gallery was then CiQared, and. the liduse di vided, when there appeared— . _ For the zicijopthineut 233 Agains' it , Majority for . . 104 The'CuAr4ckt.ioa of the .I:ctiEdUER addressed the Members idthe intOrMing them that there' wouid.t ei rawly be another di'visron, and pOs-; stbly more.. We .underitand that M. PO&'SONBY moved 'aftetwards for 'a t Commiltee to examine the Physicians as to the sfate Of hiS 'Majesty's health; and repOrt to the, House upon its nett meettng. On the division there 'appeitied, • For the rnatiLti - - - - 137 Against it - - 230 Majority for Ministers - - - 93 Adjourned at Half-past Ten, till this day fortnight, Decenther 13. HOUSE OF PEERS. The Bishop of took the oaths and his sear. nt i e l Lela" • g relL bi crttliri 111 0 , , hIS a. ; a p ro: , st ,oo 15 P . Of 3111 _ ti q AI tt I,`